Bus
The bus station has a ticket office (8am-noon & 1.30-7pm) off Link Rd No 2.
There are regular buses to Jhansi (Rs 90, five hours) including deluxe services (Rs 170, 9am and 11.15am); the second connects with the Jhansi–Delhi Shatabdi train. There’s a bus to Agra (Rs 240, 10 hours, 8am) and, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, a night bus toVaranasi (Rs 190, 14 hours, 3pm).

Three buses run to Satna (Rs 80, 3½ hours, 7.30am, 2pm and 3pm) and there are regular services to Mahoba (Rs 40, four hours) and to Madla for Panna National Park (Rs 25, one hour).

More buses can be caught at Bamitha, 11km away on Hwy 75 where buses between Gwalior, Jhansi and Satna shuttle through all day. Catch a shared jeep (Rs 10, 7am to 7pm) to Bamitha from the bus station.

Train
Train tickets can be bought from the train reservation office (274416; 8am-noon & 2-5pm Mon-Sat) at the bus station.
Jhansi is the nearest station on the Delhi–Mumbai train line; Satna on the Mumbai–Allahabad line is better for Varanasi. An alternative is to get the bus to Mahoba and take train 1107 Bundelkhand Express overnight to Varanasi (Rs 334/788/991, 10 hours, 12.34am).

Air
Reserve in advance, as seats can be sold out for days by tour groups.
Indian Airlines (274035; Jhansi Rd; 10am-5.35pm Mon-Sat) flies daily to Delhi (US$170, 4.10pm) and Varanasi (US$120, 1.30pm).